Title: Make PHPBB The Master Database
Last modified: February 2, 2017

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# Make PHPBB The Master Database

 *  Resolved [elawrenc01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elawrenc01/)
 * (@elawrenc01)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-phpbb-the-master-database/)
 * I was wondering if there was a way to only allow PHPBB users to be added to WordPress?
 * In other words, don’t allow WordPress users to be added to PHPBB. The PHPBB database
   would be the master and all new users would have to register to the PHPBB database.
   And all PHPBB users would be added to WordPress once they visited the WordPress
   page.
 * Does this make sense?

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 *  Plugin Author [axew3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axewww/)
 * (@axewww)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-phpbb-the-master-database/#post-8728912)
 * To achieve this, it is sufficient to disable WP registrations into wp admin-
   
   Users will be able to register so, only into your phpBB.
 * This make sense, also if this plugin, run only into wp side, so consider the 
   mantra: this is a WP plugin, AND modifications done by admin or users into their
   profile, **are done at same time in phpBB if are done into WP side**, AND in 
   WP, when an user come into WP side as logged, **if are done into phpBB**.
 * So an user can exist into phpBB, but will not result added into wp, until as 
   logged, he do not come into wp side.
    If last topics widget is active, and this
   user have post something that need to be displayed into wp_w3all last topics 
   widget, his avatar will be the anonymous avatar (as the user isn’t associated
   by the code to his own avatar inphpBB until isn’t added also into WP).
 * These two above, are the differences if you let users register or operate into
   profile fields into phpBB also (or only)
 * With very little phpBB code additions, it is possible to fix also this aspect
   if needed, but in phpBB side.
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 *  Plugin Author [axew3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axewww/)
 * (@axewww)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-phpbb-the-master-database/#post-8728960)
 * P.s also: look that to achieve the above, into **wp_w3all.php file there are 
   ready 2 filters** that need just to be commented out: if you remove the comment
   on code of these two lines, all wp registration or login links (both are ready
   so you can use, one or un-comment/use both) will point to phpBB respective login
   and registration pages.
    **Look into wp_w3all.php file about this**, there are
   also little hints, and if in trouble, just post.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [axew3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axewww/).
 *  Thread Starter [elawrenc01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elawrenc01/)
 * (@elawrenc01)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-phpbb-the-master-database/#post-8739622)
 * I just want to make sure that people don’t register on the WP side but I can 
   disable the registration on WP and just have them register through PHPBB I suppose.
   All good!

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 * Last reply from: [elawrenc01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elawrenc01/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-phpbb-the-master-database/#post-8739622)
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